[SIGCIS-Members] JPEG history

[Brian E Carpenter]

> publisher requires use of Word

No. They accept .docx format, which is a standard. I haven't used Word for at least ten years; LibreOffice is just fine.

> and JPEGS.

I think .png is also quite widely accepted.

The point surely is that *standard formats* are what matter, not which tool produced them.

Regards/Ngā mihi
    Brian Carpenter

On 09-Sep-25 00:06, James Cortada via Members wrote:
> Thanks for sharing this interesting article.  This software tool is a good example of what happens when something works well. Microsoft Word, Google (at least so far), CDs are other examples.  Why change when what you have works "good enough" for most people?  Second, it was sufficiently promoted (marketed) to push to the side alternatives.  For those of us writing articles and books, every publisher requires use of Word and JPEGS.
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> On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM Jonathan Coopersmith via Members <members at lists.sigcis.org <mailto:members at lists.sigcis.org>> wrote:
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>     And another example of reaching out to a wider community:
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>     https://spectrum.ieee.org/jpeg-image-format-history <https://spectrum.ieee.org/jpeg-image-format-history>
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